Hi Kent and Terry, Correct I am using Active state python,and did not read the full information about installations. Thank you for for the information.
I just need to confirm something, In python when we "upgrade" we essentially install a new version of python , and we would be needing to install what ever custom packages we have previously installed right? thank you once again Olen On 1/9/07, Terry Carroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 9 Jan 2007, Kent Johnson wrote: > > > Are you using the standard Python installer from python.org or something > > else? SSL support is a build option. It is included in the standard > > Python for Windows v2.3.5 and 2.4.4. Can you upgrade to the standard > > 2.4.4 distribution and see if that works? > > I'm guessing that Olen is using Activestate's distribution, which does not > include SSL for export control reasons: > > ActivePython does not include SSL support. Why is this, and how can I > add it? > > Here is an answer on python-list while discussing the differences > between ActivePython and python.org's Python: > > > http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-December/315754.html > [http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2005-December/357227.html] > > ... > - As Neil pointed out, ActivePython does not currently have SSL > bindings (the _ssl module) that python.org's Python builds do. We > are currently going through the legal hurdles so that we can > include those. I expect that by or before the Python 2.5 > timeframe we'll have _ssl in ActivePython. > ... > > In the interim just plopping in the _ssl.pyd|so from either > python.org's build or from your own build into ActivePython's > lib-dynload directory will work to get ActivePython talking SSL. > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/faq.html#ext_ssl > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor